Forming Faith
Resources to help students know Jesus, engage Scripture, practice spiritual rhythms, and develop a faith that increasingly becomes their own.
Students
Equipping leaders to show up, build meaningful relationships, and help students develop a faith that becomes their own.
Why This Matters
Growing in This Area of Life
The teenage years are a formative season when students are asking important questions about identity, faith, relationships, purpose, and the kind of person they are becoming.
Student Ministry helps students develop a faith that becomes their own—rooted in Jesus, formed through Scripture and spiritual practices, strengthened through meaningful relationships, and lived out in the real questions, decisions, challenges, and opportunities of everyday life.
Helping Students Follow Jesus in Real Life
Middle and high school are filled with questions, changing relationships, growing independence, and important decisions. Student Ministry creates a place where students can be known, ask honest questions, encounter God’s Word, and discover what following Jesus looks like in everyday life.
As a Student Ministry leader, your greatest contribution isn’t having all the answers. It’s faithfully showing up. Learn their stories. Listen well. Create space for questions. Model an authentic life with Jesus. Walk with students through both ordinary moments and difficult seasons.
People before programs. Faithfulness over perfection. Every moment can point to Jesus.
Reframing Perspective
We aren't simply preparing students to follow Jesus someday. They can know Him, practice their faith, make wise decisions, navigate difficult seasons, build Christ-centered relationships, and participate in God's mission right now.
Biblical Foundation
Formed by Scripture
These passages help frame this ministry and call us toward faithful, Christlike living.
- Luke 2:52 — Jesus grew in wisdom, maturity, and relationships.
- Romans 12:1–2 — Following Jesus transforms the way we think and live.
- 1 Timothy 4:12 — Young people can model a lived faith now.
- Colossians 2:6–7 — Faith grows as we continue walking with and becoming rooted in Christ.
- James 1:2–5 — Trials can produce perseverance and teach us to seek God's wisdom.
- 2 Corinthians 5:17–20 — Our identity in Christ leads to participation in His mission.
What You’ll Find Here
Resources for Your Next Step
Walking Through Life
Tools for conversations about relationships, questions, wise decisions, cultural pressures, doubts, and difficult seasons.
Living on Mission
Resources that help students use their gifts, share their story, serve others, and live their faith at home, school, church, and beyond.
EQUIP
Ministry Resources
More resources are being prepared.
This ministry page is ready to grow with EQUIP. As studies and practical tools are added, they will appear here automatically.
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Training and Courses
Training is being developed.
Future courses and leader development opportunities connected to this ministry will appear here.